MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO & PM GRADE 1 EXAM ( Q 151 - 175 )

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Postal Manual Volume V Qn 151 to 175)

151. The treatment given to an international parcel in the event of non-delivery is dependent upon:

(A) Sender’s instructions (B) Weight of parcel

152. Documentation in Form CN-23 accompanying international mail articles serves the purpose of:

(A) Despatch Note (B) Customs declaration (C) Statement of charges (D) Report in respect of irregularities

Ans: b 153. Mark the incorrect option:

(A) The special registration envelopes provided by the Post Office cannot be used for the transmission of unregistered article

(B) Reuse of a stamp that has already been used for payment of postage or postal fee is an offence under the Indian Penal Code

(D) Postage stamps which have been cut and separated from embossed envelopes or postcards can be used in payment of postage Ans:d

154. Mark the correct option:

(A) The weight of privately manufactured letter card should not exceed 3 gram

(B) The weight of letter should not exceed 4 kg

(D) The weight of book packet should not exceed 2 kg Ans;a

155. What is the main function of a Sub Foreign Post Office?:

(A) To send direct bags to foreign countries

(B) To enable senders/addressees to present documents etc for the dispatch or release of their international articles

(D) To expedite the transmission of international mail Ans:b

156. The loss of a Speed Post article should be reported to the Police through FIR if the value of the contents of the article is:

(A) 2500/- or more (B) 4,000/- or more (C) 5,000/- or more (D) 10,000/- or more Ans:c

157. The Inward Correspondence Register concerning Public Complaints maintained in Record Offices in the Selection Grade should be checked personally by the Record Officer or the Officer authorized in this behalf:

(A) Daily (B) One in a week (C) Once in a fortnight (D) Once in a month Ans:b

158. No person shall send by post:

(A) Any postal article having thereon, or on the cover thereof any words, marks

(B) Any postal article having thereon designs of an indecent, obscene, seditious character

(D) The options under (B) & (C) above are correct Ans:d

159. A Press Sorting Office is:

(A) A RMS Office where the articles received from the various Presses and publishers are only sorted

(B) A RMS office situated on the premises of a newspaper publisher

(C) (B) above, plus where the articles received from the newspaper publisher is sorted and despatched and where the entire expenditure of the establishment of the office is borne by the newspaper publisher

(D) A branch of a Sorting Mail Office dealing with articles from Press / Publishers and Registered newspapers Ans:c

160. The advantage of a Transit Post Office is that the Post Office:

(A) Carries out the work of sorting in advance for other offices

(B) Reduces the weight of mails carried on mail lines

(D) All three i.e. (A), (B) & (C) above Ans:c

161. On receipt of information of highway robbery of mails, the Superintendent should take steps to obtain:

(A) The place from where the mail was last despatched

(B) List of bags prepared in that office at (A) and particulars of their contents

(C) Particulars and contents of other registered articles, cash etc., included in the bags from the offices of posting or dispatch

(D) All information noted at (A), (B) and (C) Ans:d

162. While closing a Registered bag containing cash bag it should be sealed with:

(A) Date seal (B) Registration seal (C) Insurance seal (D) Cash seal Ans:c

163. If an article the registration of which is compulsory but which has not been registered is received for delivery in a PO, the addressee will be required to pay:

(A) Double the deficiency in registration fee and postage

(B) Double the deficiency in registration fee plus any postage due on the article

(D) Amount equal to the deficiency in registration fee plus double the postage due

Ans:b

164. When an article, on being opened in the office of delivery is found to contain any intoxicating drugs, the importation of which is prohibited, it should be:

(A) Sent with all its contents to the nearest Collector of Customs (B) Forwarded to the RLO

(D) Made over to the police for further action And:a

165. A damaged article should be returned to the sender duly protected if its addressee does not attend the Post office to take its delivery within:

(A) 2days of the date of notice (B) 3 days of the date of notice

166. If an article posted in a Sub Post Office and addressed to a foreign country is found to contain anything the export of which is prohibited, it should be forwarded with remark “contains prohibited ........” to the:

(A) Office of exchange (B) R.L.O

167. A bulk bag is defined as:

(A) A special bag of printed papers to/from addressees/senders in foreign countries

(B) A bag containing the mail posted by the senders in bulk

(D) None of the above Ans:a

168. The printed papers enclosed in a bulk bag:

(A) Should be of the same addressee at the same address (B) May be of the same addressee with different addresses

(D) May be of different addressees at different stations Ans:a

169. Speed Post Pass Port service was launched

a) 5^th Mar 2001 b) Jun 2005

c) 1^st Apr 2001 d) Aug 2002 Ans:a

170 Direct Post was introduced

a) Mar 2005 b) June 2005

c) 1^st Apr 2001 d) Aug 2002 Ans:b

171. Express parcel Post was re launched

a) Mar 1999 b) Jun 2005

c) 1^st Apr 2001 d) Aug 2002 Ans:a

172. Logistic Post services was introduced

a) 12^th Aug 2004 b) 13^th c) 13^th Aug 2004 d) None of these Ans:c

173. E post service was introduced

a) Mar 1999 b) Jan 2004 c) 1^stApr 2001 d) Aug 2002 Ans:b

174. Bill mail service was introduced

a) Mar 1999 b) Jan 2004 c) Sep 2003 d) Aug 2002 Ans:c

175. Business Development Group was formed in Postal Department

a) 1^st April 1999 b) Jun 2005

c) 1^st Apr 2001 d) Aug 2002 Ans:a

(Prepared by AB Kantharaja, Mobile 8969822340, abkantharaja.blogspot.in)